Amere Gas seeks 20 year franchises for Beckley area
Amere Gas Utilities Company plans about 250000 to tap a new local gas source to raise supply and cut costs. President Oliver Hagerman of Charleston told Raleigh Countians the firm aims for 20 year franchises from Beckley Mabscott Sophia and Lester while continuing to operate if needed. The initiative includes new 8 and 4 inch mains and a Clear Fork supply to bring costs to about 20 cents per thousand cubic feet, moving Amere out of the red and stabilizing service.
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Amere Gas Utilities Company
Oliver S. Hagerman
Charleston
Raleigh
Hagerman
Raleigh County
Beckley
Amere
Atlantic Seaboard Corporation
Ravenscliff Development Company
Wyoming County
L. H. Davis
Chamber Municipal Affairs Committee
Mabscott
Sophia
Lester
Public Service Commission
W. O. File
Atlantic Seaboard
Federal Power Commission
Seaboard
Charleston Group of Gas Utilities
Columbia Gas System
Texas
Sand Lick
Harper Road
Crescent Road
Sprague
Clear
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Ohio
New York
Binghamton
Calloway Heights Homecoming Set
The Calloway Heights Community Church invites all past pastors for its annual homecoming on Sunday. Sunday School starts at 9:45 with Oros L. Hancock as superintendent. Reverend B. L. Jones will preach at 11. Lunch on the ground runs 12 to 1:30. At 1:30 Laurel Valley Quartet and Coleman's Choir will sing. a visiting pastor offers the sermonette at 2:30. Group singing 3 to 4. Built in 1941, homecomings are held yearly except during the war years.
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Calloway Heights Community Church
Oros L. Hancock
B. L. Jones
Laurel Valley Quartet
Coleman
Beckley
Local Contractors Join Association Adds Four Members
Four Beckley general contractors joined the West Virginia Chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America. Vecellio & Grogan Wipperman Construction Company M. F. Noel and Oscar Vecelli were enlisted during the current campaign. Also admitted was George H. Siems and Company of Mt. Hope. State membership reaches 45. two divisions now exist for building and highway heavy contractors. Chapter office located at 613 National Bank of Commerce building in Charleston.
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Beckley General Contractors
West Virginia
Associated General Contractors of America, Inc
H. W. Schneider
Parkersburg
Vecellio & Grogan
Wipperman Construction Company
M. F. Noel
Oscar Vecelli
Mt. Hope
George H. Siems and Company
Schneider
AGC
X ray machine at Raleigh County TB unit breaks after surge
The x ray machine at the Raleigh County Tuberculosis Association in Memorial Building broke after weeks of heavy use. A repairman is due in Beckley on Monday. Thirty people were x rayed yesterday, 105 last week, and a total of 3 435 during three free clinics in Beckley Montreal and Coal City. The clinics prompted a surge in visitors seeking examinations amid rising tuberculosis awareness.
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Raleigh County Tuberculosis Association
Memorial Building
Beckley
Montroal
Coal City
Alcoholics Anonymous Set Public Meeting
The Beckley Alcoholics Anonymous group will hold a meeting Sunday afternoon August 22 at 4 p m in Room 10 of the Memorial Building. A member from the Charleston AA group will speak. Both women and men with an alcoholic problem are invited.
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Beckley Group of Alcoholics Anonymous
Memorial Building
Charleston Group of Alcoholics Anonymous
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Amere Gas
Harper
Clear Fork
Byrd
General Food
Woodbury's
Kansas
Byrd's General Food Store
Sophia Theater
Calloway Heights
National Bank of Commerce Building
Vienna
Associated Press
Ljuba Welitsch
State Opera
Metropolitan Opera
Madame Welitsch
Covent Garden
London
Donna Anna
Desdemona
Alcoholics Anonymous
Hollywood
Gibson & Martin Guitars
Beckley Music & Electric
South Fayette St. Hone
EW. Furniture
Salf Lews Aucusp Furniture
Lewis
Saag
SMASH
Lewis Furniture Company
Neville Street
Post Office
Coal Heater
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